Such a short, such a long summer so far....

Can't believe it's August already. 

Or that it's been forever since I've even opened the blog, or read any of your posts, let alone post anything of my own.  I was sitting in Relief Society yesterday and the lesson Lori was giving was on "Good, Better, Best" and there I was, plopped on my good-sized bottom, stomach growling as I made a "good" effort at fasting (as in didn't eat or drink anything AFTER I woke up and before I went to our 11:00 a.m. meeting), and thinking about the many things I do that could certainly be traded out for something better.

Facebook games are still in the picture, I'm embarrassed to admit.  But then, you all know that, don't you.  I'm still struggling with wanting to give them up.  And if I give them up, then losing contact with a handful of really neat Christian but non-LDS women I've kind of got to know through the process.  But the bottom line is that when I start out with the intent of only spending 20 minutes on a game and then find myself racing several hours later to get to work sometime close to the on-time time, barely showered and no make-up, well,

whine
whine
whine.

You don't need to hear the details.  It's just something I'm trying to figure out how to balance.  Maybe I never will be able to ...
When I do scrapbooks, I'm in them day and night ...
When I read a book, I can't put it down...
When I open a carton of ice cream (and add a huge scoop of caramel topping), or start on a bag of chips ...

In every aspect of my life, balance is the thing that I'm struggling most to achieve.  And balance of the "best" is really where I want to be.

So I came home from Relief Society really not feeling depressed as much as determined to get my act back out of the bits and bytes and back into reality life, and make my time count again.  The first thing is to get back to writing in my journal and sharing on the blog (which I've learned much to my dismay, some people also consider a time waster - is there anything I can do which isn't considered a time waster by someone?  I don't think it's a time waster, though.  I know what time wasters are ... you should see my farm on FarmVille!)

Anyway, here I am again.  And I am so anxious to get caught up on what's been going on with all the rest of you.  Watch out.  I'm heading for that list of your blogs I've lost out on the last several months.  I've missed you all, I want you to know!  Facebook just doesn't get to the heart of it like blogging does.